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A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.

illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.

e, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

A leaf of a book or manuscript.

e ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

he forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

That which is written by hand; manuscript. The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5.

e spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennæ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. -- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoöl.) See Calicoback. -- Harlequin caterpillar. (Zoöl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Eu…

An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.

e with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.

Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. T. Warton.

structs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. [Obs.] There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. Evelyn.

between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.

iphered; distinct to the eye; plain; - - used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript. The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. Longfellow.

One who copies manuscript books. [Obs.] Broome.

rds. Lombardic alphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. -- Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. F. G. Lee. Lombardy poplar. (Bot.) See Poplar.

Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.